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Cost Benefit Analysis of Old (Traditional) and Ultra High Density (New) Varieties of Apple: A Study on District Baramulla.

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Imtiyaz Majid, Dr.Tawheed Nabi
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.14-21

Abstract

Apple is the main fruit for the consumption and has changed the State Gross Domestic Product of UT of Jammu and Kashmir with USD 10 million exports from India, in which USD 5 million earned from J&K Apples. It is very encouraging for the apple growers of UT of J&K.The Ultra HDS apple orchards are a new approach for the cultivation of apple fruit. This is a new way of farming, in which the apple trees are planted or grown in a very dense and systemic manner. Every detail counts when planting and managing a new apple orchard in the Ultra high-density system. By the end of the planting year, growers will have invested more than 2 to 3 Lakh per hectare to get the site ready. So, in this study, the farm size of sampled orchards and the development of apple production has been taken from 2012 -2021in district Baramulla; cost with respect with tree density a comparison of cost and total cost between old and new varieties of apple system has been explained. This paper also analysis the payback period analysis and yield/ hectare with orchard density.

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